3.
Why cultural routes?
The Cultural Routes are unique cultural and tourism
products that thematically linked more attractions and
interesting destinations, in one or more countries.
Those have promoted the common cultural heritage of
Europe and the world, increasing awareness about
necessity of heritage protection, build on the uniqueness of
individual regions in the tourism market.
The economic and social impacts of the routes are crucial
to the entire region development.

4.
The Cultural Routes:
stir intercultural dialog
up
contributing to the
protection of cultural
diversity, the science
development,
improvement of
education through non-
formal learning
also are very important
for economic sectors
development, building
clusters and other
networks
encourage creativity and
innovation in all areas

5.
Creative industries
– engine of local development
One it was trade that promoted culture,
now it is the culture that promote trade.
The best packaging of a product is its
civilisation and its history.
Georges Karabatos, President of the Messenia Chamber of Comerce and Industry

6.
Cultural Routes as
leading trend in tourism
The Council of Europe has established 24 Cultural
Routes, stretching across 70 countries on four
continents, and include thousands of attractive
destinations
European Route of Industrial Heritage currently
represents more than 1.000 locations in 43 countries
and has between two and three million visitors a year

14.
Countries where Tesla
lived and worked
Croatia
Smiljan – place where Tesla was born
Karlovac – Tesla attended high school
Zagreb – Technical Museum
Ozalj and Krka - two old hydroelectric
power stations
Slovenia
Maribor – the place where Tesla lived
Austria & Czech Republic
Graz & Prague – Tesla studied to University
in Gratz and Prague
Hungary & France
Budapest, Paris & Strasbourg – Tesla lived
and worked

15.
Mining route
– Balkan cradle of metallurgy
Belovode - The first metal melting began
7.000 years ago in the village Veliko Laole,
today's Belovode arheological site in The
Eastern Serbia
Rudna glava – the most older main in the world
Pločnik – prehistoric large industrial center
Senj Mine – symbol of industrialization,
established in 1853. as the oldest brown
coal mine in Serbia; future the City-Museum
Majdanpek and Bor – mining towns; the Mining
museum in Bor and the Mining Cafe
Mines in Aleksinac and Knjaževac - stories
about dwarfs
Autor of project: Manuela Graf,; Map: Aleksandar Stanojlović;
Lead organizations: Centre for study in cultural development &
Cluster of Cultural Routes